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The Last TheoremThe Holy Grail of Mathematics

I have discovered a truly marvelous

demonstration of this proposition which this

margin is too narrow to contain.

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Presented by:

Neeraj Bangalorekar (6)

Priyanka Aggarwal (44) Kiran Kumar Karrotu (52)

Govind Daga (58)

Vishwa Rajath (59)

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The Book

With the back drop as Pierre de Fermatstheorem, it speaks about the bestmathematicians throughout the last two

millennia.

Received rave reviews and was a best seller.

Simple and easy to understand andcomprehend.

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Reviews

"To read it [Fermat's Last Theorem] is to realise that thereis a world of beauty and intellectual challenge that isdenied to 99.9 per cent of us who are not high-level

mathematicians. For opening the window to that worldeven partially, Singh deserves congratulation."-The Times

It is hard to imagine a more informative or grippingaccount of this centuries-long drama of ingeniousfailures, crushed hopes, fatal duels, and suicides.

-The Wall Street Journal

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Why This Book?

Make people aware about the history behind

mathematicians and their dedication.

Incite interest for mathematics in young

generation.

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Metamorphosis

Screenplay by Nick Hornby.

Developed with inputs from the author, SimonSingh.

Built on original interviews and tapes collectedby the author.

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Metamorphosis

Two plots running simultaneously

Andrew Wiles trying to prove the theorem.

Flashback glimpses of Fermat, Gauss and othermathematicians.

The mathematicians, generations apart, still

inter woven by strings of the unfinished

theorem.

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From Book to Movie

The passion

The uncertainty

T

he dedication The sacrifices

The seclusion

The struggle

The controversy

The glory and the rest

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Its Trivial

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The Real Deal

Story Rights:

Legal rights obtained from publishinghouse and author

Cost: $1.5 million.

Screenplay: Completed.

Nick Hornby

Cost: $ 1 million + 2% of gross profit.

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The Real Deal

Direction: Director

Assistant Director

Art DirectorApproximation: $2.5 million.

Design:

Location manager Production designer

Approximation: $1.25 million.

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The Real Deal

Budgeting: Production accountant

Schedule

Approximation: $2.5 million.

Cast: An established actor

Cast from The Big Bang Theory Stage actors

Approximation: $7.5-10 million.

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Doppelgnger

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The Real Deal

Production costs:

Wardrobe and Makeup: $4 Million.

Sets: Colleges in America, Europe during theirbreaks and sets whenever necessary. $1 Million.

Transportation: $500,000.

Director of photography: $250,000.

Crew members: Spot boys, Light men, Make-up

artists, hairdresser and others. Approximation of

$750,000.

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The Real Deal

Production costs(Contd.) Camera

Films and Tapes

Other Equipments

Consultant and Advisor Legal Help

Visual Effects & Animation

Music & Sound: Director

Scorer and mixer

ADR supervisor and recordist

Sound effects editor

Approximation: $5.25 million.

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The Real Deal

Post production costs:

Editing: Sound editing, Picture editing, Non-linearediting.

Dubbing.

Promotion costs

Publicity

Public performance rights

Approximation: $6 million.

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Total Investments

Total investments of$34 Million - $38 Million.

2-3 financers.

Investor already in: Dimension Films.

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Why

..is the project appealing?

..is it reasonable?

..is the budget justified?

..will it be profitable?

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Distribution

Partner with a giant that has good cinema

reach.

To reach to approximately 2200-2500 theaters

in the US and around 1000 others worldwide.

To figure out a partner for DVD and Blue-Ray

release around Christmas of 2012.

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Feasibility

Quicker returns.

Wide audience.

Credible and reputed technicians and crew.

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Feasibility

Backing of Mathematics Departments at

Princeton and other universities.

Star cast.

Importance of education.

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Feasibility

Make the book reach out to people.

Genre stands out compared to other run ofthe mill movies.

To be associated with a movie that the crewbelieves may win Awards!

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You enter the first room of the mansion and itscompletely dark. You stumble around bumping into the

furniture but gradually you learn where each piece offurniture is. Finally, after six months or so, you find thelight switch, you turn it on, and suddenly its allilluminated. You can see exactly where you were. Thenyou move into the next room and spend another sixmonths in the dark. So each of these breakthroughs,while sometimes theyre momentary, sometimes over a

period of a day or two, they are the culmination of, andcouldnt exist without, the many months of stumblingaround in the dark that precede them.

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